BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- A reunited Nickel Creek has announced tour dates for its next album, "A Dotted Line," and will start those shows in Birmingham.

The Americana trio -- mandolin player Chris Thile, fiddler Sara Watkins and guitarist Sean Watkins -- is set to perform at the Alabama Theatre on April 16 at 7:30 p.m. Opening act will be the Secret Sisters, a country duo from the Shoals.

Tickets are $45.75-$56.80, on sale through Ticketmaster on Feb. 21 at 10 a.m. CST. There's a four-ticket limit per purchase, according to the Ticketmaster website.

Nickel Creek, on hiatus since 2007, will release "A Dotted Line" on April 1. Here's the backstory for the new release, from the band's label, Nonesuch Records:

"As Nickel Creek’s 25th anniversary approached, the band members decided they ought to mark it in some way, so they got together to write music in Chris Thile’s apartment last year. They ended up with six new co-written songs, which they eventually took to a Los Angeles studio, along with one tune by Thile, one by Sean Watkins, and two covers: Sam Phillips’ 'Where Is Love Now' and Mother Mother’s 'Hayloft.' There they worked with (producer Eric) Valentine (Queens of the Stone Age, Smash Mouth), who had produced Nickel Creek’s previous album, 'Why Should the Fire Die?.'"

Nickel Creek, formed in 1989, became a favorite with Birmingham audiences during the early 2000's, playing venues that ranged from Hoover's Library Theatre to the Alys Stephens Center. The band performed its last show here in November 2007 at the Alabama Theatre, but Thile and the Watkins siblings have returned with other projects.

“It feels more natural and easy than it ever did, by far," Sean Watkins said in a 2014 press release. "Getting to spend time alone with our own musical personalities has helped us mature.”

Tour dates for Nickel Creek run through July 26 and include stops at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium (April 18-19), the Tabernacle in Atlanta (April 25) and the Tennessee Theatre in Knoxville (April 27). The band's also on the lineup for the Telluride Bluegrass Festival (June 19-22) and the Newport Folk Festival (July 26.) Right now, the Birmingham show is the only Alabama date on the tour.

Nickel Creek has five other studio albums to its credit, 1993-2005, as well as a 2006 compilation, "Reasons Why: The Very Best." The band earned several Grammy nominations and won the 2003 award for best contemporary folk album, for "This Side."